Improvement in bottle-stopper fasteners



T.H. SHAHAN.

Bottle Stopper Fastener.

Patented Sept. 1?. 1878;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. SHAHAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOPPER FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,205, datedSeptember 17, 1878; application filed A August 27, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS H. SHAHAN, ofBoston, in the county of Sutfolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to produce a fastening forbottle-stoppers which may be employed in connection with a stopper ofordinary construction, and which will be cheap and simple inconstruction and efficient in operation.

To this end the invention consists in the combination, with abottle-stopper, of a bent wire adapted to encircle the stopper andprovided with lugs on opposite sides, to which is secured a bail adaptedto be brought over the stopper in order to hold it in place, the lugsserving to support or interlock with hooks or links, whereby the stoppermay be secured to the bottle.

In the drawing, Figures 1 and 2 represent views of a bottle, showing myimproved stopper-fastening device. Figs. 3 and 4. show a modified formthereof, and Fig. 5 is a detached top view of a device which may be usedfor securing the links under the shoulder or the bottle-neck, as shownin Fig. 4.

The letter A represents a stopper, which may be formed of cork, rubber,or' other suitable material, and B the bottle, which is formed with theusual flange 1) around its mouth.

The letter 0 represents a wire bent into the form of a circle, withprojecting lugs c c on opposite sides, and having attached to said lugsa bail, D. The said bent wire 0 is adapted to receive and hold the cork,which is inserted from above, the bail being turned down out of the wayfor the purpose, and subsequently brought back into its normal positionover the cork in order to confine the same in place.

To the lugs of the bent wire (J are secured depending links or hooks G,which are to be secured to a suitable device on the neck of the bottle.They may be hooked under a shoulder or flange around the mouth of thebottle, or

through eyes or loops projecting from the wire band F secured under saidflange; or the band may be provided with hooks, which are adapted tolook over the lugs of the bent wire 0, and thus secure the stopper inthe bottle. 1

In the'modiflcation shown in Figs. 3 and at the loops of the wire 0 havesecured to. them dependent wire links G, bent at their lower ends intosegments H, adapted to embrace the neck of the bottle and engage underthe flange below the mouth of the same.

The letter I represents a ring adapted to he slipped over the mouth ofthe bottle and the fastening devices of the stopper, so as to encirclethe links and hold the segments on the ends of the same under the flangeatlthe mouth of the bottle. To said ring are secured the ends of twobent wires, extending upwardly, forming a cage, K, which embraces thestopper and prevents the ring or annulus from slipping; down on the neckof the bottle and off of the links which hold the stopper in place.

The fastening device as above constructed, it will be perceived, isextremely simple, and can be applied to a stopper of any ordinaryconstruction, thus obviating the employment of a stopper of specialconstruction, which is a material item of expense.

'What I claim is- The combination, with the stopper of a bottle,.of aband, 0, encircling the stopper and constructed with lugs 0 c, a bail,D, jointed to said lugs and adapted to swing over the top of the stopperfor retaining it in place, and depending links connected with theencirclingband 01' the stopper, and constructed to engage a device onthe neck of the bottle, all substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of the subscribing witnesses.

THOS. H. SH'AHAN.

\Vitnesses JAMES L. Nonms, JAS. A. RUTHERFORD.

